Middleton Cricket Club, based in Middleton, in the

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are an

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team currently playing in the Lancashire Cricket League.

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are all past Professionals who have at one time or another played Test Cricket. The only actual amateur from the Club to play Test Cricket was the legendary Fast Bowler

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. Recently they signed James Price as their professional for the upcoming 2020 season. The South African has league cricket experience with

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and is a right-handed batsmen and right arm seam bowler. The scoreboard building has the same

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design (Father Time replacing the bails) as that of the

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, whose initials are also used by Middleton. From start of the 2018 season Middleton moved to the Lancashire League.

Notable players

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References

External links

Club website
Central Lancashire League cricket clubs Lancashire League cricket clubs Sport in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale Middleton, Greater Manchester Cricket in Greater Manchester Organisations based in Rochdale Borough {{England-cricket-team-stub